←Recommendations of Mummy Brown [10-Minutes]

Love it! I've always wanted to weave this macabre detail into a play somehow, and (darn it) now I don't have to. A quick moving, beautifully written undoing of a layer of the art world best now buried.

I enjoyed reading this ‘loosely based’ true story. In IYNA CARUSO’s “Mummy Brown”, the brilliant painter puts his morals, ethics, and sensibilities into his art. His painting is like a part of him. In the end, the artist asks: What is his painting worth? Is the painting’s price based on its demand or something else? I recommend this ten-minute play.

I absolutely love this. I was ignorant of the history, but Caruso brings the story to life with such virtuosity that I delighted in and hung on every word. Speaking of words, the language in this play is gorgeous. A thoroughly gripping and exciting work.

Perhaps because I’m color blind (or at least color ignorant), I was unaware of the title pigment or its horrifying origins. Caruso does a masterful job of presenting the moral conflict between achieving certain success and the questionable means that were used. The dialogue is clever and beautifully rendered, much like Burne-Jones’s masterpiece. A wonderful blend of art and history with a strong moral questioning. Outstanding!

The usual fascinating exploration of art, history, and more from Caruso in a "two-hander" that definitely does not disappoint. There's many delicious lines in its telling, and the undercurrent of dark humor keeps things lively in an intriguing moral examination of the creation of art and the lengths one might be willing to go to create it. A unique brief piece that was certainly a memorable read and should be interesting indeed to see staged at some point!